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A cinematic triumph from the master of the Technicolor melodrama, Written on the Wind is a vibrant and vivacious dynastic tragedy. Hard-drinking playboy Kyle Hadley (Robert Stack) falls for the tantalisingly aloof Lucy (Lauren Bacall), while his lustful sister Marylee (Dorothy Malone, in an Academy Award winning performance) pines for Kyle’s stoic best friend Mitch Wayne (Rock Hudson). As their intertwined dynamics merge and fray, they find their jealousies boiling over into violence.

Douglas Sirk renders this sordid tale of upper-class love and acrimony theatrically vivid with his unmistakable aesthetic stylings. The star-studded ensemble cast deliver heightened performance that embody the emotional potency of this tangled web of romantic intrigue. From the menacing gale of its opening scenes to the priapic symbolism of its finale, Written on the Wind is American cinema at its most operatic.

PG | Adult themes, Medium level violence